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iudicated, tlic}^ put all their hope in the corruption of the rising 

 generation. 



" Neglect not, also, to teach that ro3'al power is conferred, not 

 only for the government of this world, but, above all, for the 

 protection of the Church ; and that nothing can be more for the 

 advantage and glory of chief magistrates and kings than to con- 

 form themselves to the words which our most wise and courage- 

 ous predecessor, St. Felix, wrote to the Emperor Zeno, that he 

 sliould leave the Church free to govern itself by its own laws, and 



sulfer no man to interfere witli its liberty It is unquestionably 



for tlieir interest, in all matters that concern the things of God, 

 carefully to follow the order which he has laid down, and to set 

 the royal will below, and not above, tlie will of the priests of 

 Christ." t 



Among the propositions condemned hy \\\c '' Syllahus" which 

 follows the Encyclical are the following : 



" That every man is free to embrace and profess that religion 

 which he regards as true, according to the light of his reason." 



" IV. 24. That the Church has not the power of using force ; 

 that she has no power, direct or indirect." 



" 54. That the Church ought to be separated from tlie State, 

 and the State from the Church." 



" 74. That matrimonial cases belong to the jurisdiction of the 

 civil State." 



" 77. That, in our times, it is no longer expedient that the 

 Catholic religion should be considered as the only religion of the 

 State, to the exclusion of all other religions. 



" 78. That accordingly, in some Catholic countries, it has very 

 properly been provided by law that immigrants should enjoy the 

 public exercise of their respective religions. 



" 79. That it is false that civil liberty granted to all religions 

 propagates the plague of indilfercntism. 



" 80. That the Koman pontiff can and ought to be reconciled 

 and come into liarmony with progress, liberalism, and modern 

 civilization." 



These are (don't mistake it) not the things approved, but the 

 things condemned. 



Now, let us consider the effect of tliis document on the three 

 parties of Catholicism in France — ab:4olutist ultnimontanism, 



